Serguei2 Posted September 12, 2016 Share Posted September 12, 2016 (edited) This is maybe a dump question but ... How the cartridges keep data (the games) since Fairchild Channel F? Edited September 12, 2016 by Serguei2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Osgeld Posted September 12, 2016 Share Posted September 12, 2016 Mask Roms are an array of connections of all 1s which during production of the internal chip has locations etched away forming 0s with chemical or other processes Programmable Roms are a different story as are flash memory technology 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keatah Posted September 12, 2016 Share Posted September 12, 2016 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Read-only_memory Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Newsdee Posted September 13, 2016 Share Posted September 13, 2016 I suppose we could compare the merits (or problems) of mask ROM vs. other storage methods. But the best storage policy is to have multiple copies in as many places as possible. Ironically that means piracy has saved many obscure games from oblivion. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
7800fan Posted September 15, 2016 Share Posted September 15, 2016 Little people inside the cart flips a bunch of signal and draws pictures that are beamed to the TV. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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